Farmers' group willing to give Kiko a chance

ABS-CBN News

MANILA -- The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas said it sees former senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan's appointment as Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization as an admission of the ineptitude of the agriculture department following a failed rice sufficiency program.

But KMP chairman Rafael Mariano said his group is willing to give Pangilinan a chance to lay out his policies and reforms.